Lot 341

A LATE 18TH CENTURY JACOBITE WINE GLASS

Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
£2,772
Description
the tapered conical bowl with finely engraved trailing closed rose bud, on a short tapered stem and domed circular foot with folded foot rim
Dimensions
11cm high, rim 5.8cm, foot 7cm
Footnote
Note:
This unusually decorated Jacobite wine glass would appear to date closely to circa 1788 and the death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. The single rosebud represents the last hope of the Stuart claim being Cardinal Henry Benedict.
